On September 30, the 27th year of Dayong Wuwei, although Jiang Haitao's wedding had changed, but after all, it was successfully held, in order not to let the guests return in defeat, the treasure meeting was still held as scheduled, taking advantage of the good opportunity of the guests from all over the world, the success of the treasure club will naturally attract more businessmen to invest in ocean trade, so the Hai Wuya and Hai Li who are responsible for holding the grand event are painstaking, it is rare that Dayong, Northern Han, and Southern Chu have nobles here, and the invitation post has naturally been sent a long time ago. Moreover, the post is accompanied by a list of treasures to be auctioned at the Treasure Society, many of which are priceless exotic treasures, so it has also aroused the interest of these important ministers in their own countries. Moreover, they all received Jiang Zhe's post, in order to wait for the ship to greet them, they would also stay until October 2, if they did not participate in this treasure meeting, it would make people think that the changes in the East China Sea had a special impact on them, so everyone participated in the grand event. The exotic treasures that Hai Zhongying took out were really dizzying, and it also made everyone feel that the trip was worthwhile. The guests of the East China Sea who participated in this grand event: Li Xian, King of Qi, Li Kang, King of Qing, Lin Bi, Princess of Jiaping, Lin Tong, Lord of Hongxia County, Lu Can, General of Southern Chu, and Jiang Yong, the Lord of the East China Sea, Jiang Haitao and his son, are the most attractive figures in the participants. These businessmen whose net worth are in various countries, their net worth and life may be in the minds of these people.

On the first day of October, Nanchu's boat first left the East China Sea, and after Lu Can left the sphere of influence of the East China Sea Army, the first thing he did was to go to the dark cabin at the bottom of the ship to meet a person who should not have appeared on the ship of the Nanchu envoy - Wei Ying.

Wei Ying, who had a cold expression and a gloomy look in his eyes, saw Lu Can walk in, and said mockingly: "General Lu is very cautious, I didn't come to see you until today, but I don't know what General Lu wants to do with it?" ”

Lu Can said indifferently: "Wei Shouza is just a person who doesn't dare to alarm the East China Sea, so he will be arrested, and won't Shouzao thank me for my warning?" ”

Wei Ying showed a cold smile on his face, and said: "Yes, I should thank General Lu, General Lu sent people to use the signal agreed in advance between this seat and Lord Fu to send news, so this seat took his subordinates to avoid the ship of the Southern Chu envoy, but unfortunately it was General Lu's Jingwei who was waiting for this seat, and now the subordinates of this seat have been killed and captured by General Lu, and now the ship has left the country, is the general here to settle accounts with Wei, in this case, it is better to hand over this seat to Dayong, in this way, the general will not get more benefits?" ”

Lu Can sighed and said: "Why do you have to talk angrily, this time the general is also involuntarily, Shang Xiang is ready to borrow a knife to kill people, trap Lu in the East China Sea, this general does want to kill Fu Yulun and the first seat, so as not to let my Nanchu follow in the footsteps of Dayong, but this general is very clear, if I do this, it will be the monk Xiang turned his face, Shang Xiang is the ancestor of the lord of the country, and controls the internal affairs of the DPRK and China with one hand, if the general is not in harmony, I can't wait for Dayong to go south, my Nanchu will be finished, so this seat will not kill you, you have hatred for Dayong, If you want to frame me, you also have to think about whether there is anyone who can lead the troops for me. ”

Wei Ying was silent for a moment, and said: "Shang Xiang wants to destroy the Great Wall, I don't agree with it, but you are Jiang Zhe's disciple, Shang Xiang can't rest assured about this, and I won't forget it, and I can't be the master of Fengyi Gate's affairs, if everything goes according to my plan, I will never let that Xue Qiuxue have a chance." ”

Lu Can Zhengse said: "Although Mr. Jiang and I are masters and apprentices, but I am a heavy minister of Southern Chu, there is no possibility of betraying the monarchy, and to say a polite word, Mr. military strategy, I have learned at least fifty percent, I don't have to be arrogant, these years of war, I believe that the army is not inferior to anyone, I am a general, at least I can resist the edge of Dayong, if I change the henchmen of Shang Xiang to lead the army, I am afraid that Nanchu will fall sooner or later, when the time comes, you will have no support, how to take revenge on Dayong, this time, I don't want you to support me, As long as you don't interfere in Nanchu's military affairs and don't think about rebellion, I don't bother to ask about other things. ”

Wei Ying's expression changed several times, and he said, "I can't be the master of this matter alone. ”

Lu Can said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, now I have the upper hand, so you can think about it slowly, in fact, with my heart, I want to eradicate you, just because although you can pose a threat to Dayong, but for this general, you are the source of chaos in Southern Chu, but unfortunately you still attach great importance to it, so Lu Mou can't kill them all, this time, although I killed many of your subordinates, but it is also because they are all notorious bandits, I think Wei Shouzuo is not worth it." ”

Wei Ying smiled faintly, he really didn't care much about these subordinates who were killed by Lu Can, after all, a few henchmen stayed, so it was not a loss, but it was inconvenient for him to admit this, so as not to lose a reputation of being unkind.

Lu Can saw that Wei Ying was already calm, and said: "But this general is coming to see you now, there is one thing for you to do, if you do this matter well, it may not be impossible to recover the loss." ”

Wei Ying was silent, just showing an inquiring look, Lu Can lowered his voice and said something, Wei Ying was deep, and his complexion changed several times, and he said after a long time: "General Lu is really ruthless enough, if this matter is successful, don't say that you killed a few of my subordinates, that is, you killed Fu Yulun, what is the matter, the general can rest assured, Wei Ying will do his best in this matter, and he will never dare to slack off." ”

A trace of sadness flashed in Lu Can's eyes, and he said: "In this case, please ask Gongzi Wei to get off the boat later, I have prepared everything, as long as Gongzi rushes to the place I said and hands over the token to the designated person, maybe his wish can be fulfilled." ”

Wei Ying showed a grim smile and didn't speak, but there was a smug and confident look on his face.

On October 2, Jiang Haitao, the prince of the East China Sea, personally led the navy and escorted King Qi, Lin Bi and others to Jinghai Villa, Jinghai Villa is located in Penglai, the distance is not far away, set off in the early morning, but two hours, it has arrived in Penglai, Jiang Haitao stood at the bow of the boat, pointed to the small harbor in front of Qi Wang and others: "This place is called Meiyue Bay, named after its shape like a crescent moon, the water here is gentle, that is, there is a big wind and waves on the sea, and it will not be affected here, so Mr. Jiang specially chose this place to build Jinghai Villa." Sixth uncle, please see, Jinghai Villa leans on the mountain and faces the sea, the scenery is elegant, Mr. likes to watch the sea by the railing, if the wind and the sun are beautiful, he often boats on the sea, and the little nephew has served Mr. Fishing. ”

At this time, Roulan pulled Li Lin over and said with a smile: "Uncle, uncle, Daddy likes fishing the most, but he always can't catch it, until now, Lan Lan has never eaten the fish caught by Daddy, even Lan Lan has caught a big fish, there are a lot of fish and shrimp here in all seasons." ”

Jiang Haitao said with a smile: "Is it the time when you were dragged into the sea by a big fish, I heard that it was really a big fish, but I don't know if it was a person fishing or a fish fisherman?" ”

Roulan was so angry that she crossed her hands on her hips and said: "Brother Tao is the worst, he always exposes other people's shortcomings, ah, I won't tell you, my father and mother are on the dock." With that, Roulan danced and rushed towards Xiao Shunzi, who was standing in the distance, and skillfully climbed on his shoulder with the assistance of Xiao Shunzi, and then shouted while waving his hand: "Daddy, mother, Lan Lan is back, Lan Lan is back." ”

But at this time, they didn't pay attention to her excitement, and all the eyes looked to the shore, and on the small private pier in front of the villa, stood the owner of Jinghai Villa.

Although the distance is still far away, almost all of them are martial arts practitioners, and most of them can see the faces of the people on the shore clearly. Standing at the front is a Tsing Yi Xiushi, from the appearance of the age of probably not yet the age of standing, although the hair color is light gray, the temples are frosty, but only see his elegant and calm demeanor, the moving brilliance between the eyebrows, will not make people suspect that he is close to the twilight of life, but let his whole person exude a quiet and cold unique temperament. And standing half a step behind him was a beautiful young woman with an indifferent demeanor, who was Princess Changle. Behind Princess Changle stood a beautiful woman who was nearly thirty years old but still dressed as an unmarried, and a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a delicate appearance and cunning.

Lin Tong's eyes did not look at Jiang Zhe, although she said that she was curious, but in her heart, the princess Changle who was as famous as her sister was the person she cared about the most, with her keen eyes, Lin Tong had been carefully looking at Princess Changle, only to see that although her appearance was beautiful and elegant, but compared to her sisters, it was inferior, it was almost the end of autumn, she was wearing a luxurious dress with rain and sunny weather, covered with an autumn-colored cloak, although she was just standing there, she was indescribably gentle and elegant, and her long black hair was only held by a jasper hairpin, Except for a pair of pearl earrings, she has no jewelry on her body, luxurious and elegant, which is the deepest feeling she gives people. At this time, a cold sea breeze blew, Princess Changle frowned, turned her head and whispered something, the young man standing behind her immediately handed a dark cloak in his hand to Princess Changle, only to see her step forward and say something to the Tsing Yi Xiushi, the distance was still far away, Lin Tong naturally couldn't hear what she was saying, just saw her willow eyebrows frowning, smiling with disgust, and then the Tsing Yi Xiushi took the cloak and put it on, Princess Changle showed a faint smile, and stretched out her hand to tie the cloak for the Tsing Yi Xiushi. Although it was just a few simple and casual actions, the kind of expression contained in the plainness made Lin Tong's hostility come to naught, and he only felt that only such a woman was worthy of being compared with his sister.

Standing on the dock, I looked at the familiar and unfamiliar guests on the deck, and my heart swelled with inexplicable emotions, and finally returned to the battlefield of the world's strife, although I regretted the end of this most peaceful and happy day in my life, but I could only do this.

My eyes swept over the people on the boat one by one, Li Xian, the king of Qi, not only did not reduce the domineering spirit of the year, but also had a more gloomy and deep and thick murderous aura on his body, it seems that he is still very self-suffering over the years. And the man standing not far from him, dressed luxuriously, looks a little similar to Li Xian, with a detached and arrogant expression, this must be Li Kang, the king of Qing, behind him, his eyes are blazing, and the blue shirt fluttering is not Gou Lian, who has not been seen for several years. The two women who were wearing strong suits and wearing treasure knives were generally bright and beautiful, and their eyebrows were even more heroic. And the girl standing next to Jiang Haitao, dressed in red like fire and looking like frost, must be his newlywed wife Yue Qingyan. I looked at everyone one by one, and then my eyes fell on the young man in green clothes standing on the bow of the boat, carrying a soft blue screaming on his shoulder, and I couldn't help but smile, who else but him could complete such a task so perfectly?

The boat stopped, got on the gangplank, the first one to get off the boat was Roulan, I didn't see her for a few days, she seemed to be more lively, and ran down from the ground, Zhen'er smiled behind me: "Lan'er, this child is so naughty and lively, speaking of which, she was personally taught and raised by the imperial sister-in-law, why is she still so impatient." ”

I don't dare to talk, this is a bad habit that I have been trained nine times out of ten, if I don't always take all kinds of snacks to tease her to run after me, maybe she will be a little lady.

At this time, Lan Er had already run to her side and jumped into my arms like a little monkey, I reluctantly hugged her petite body, and sighed again, sighing in my heart, others always say that scholars have no power to restrain chickens, and this is indeed the case. I said helplessly and distressedly: "Lanlan, I haven't seen you for a few days, you seem to be heavy again." ”

Roulan's little face was flushed with anger, and she reached out to pull my hair in retaliation, I screamed in my heart, and then Zhen'er relieved me and said, "Lan'er, don't mess with your father, there are still guests." ”

Roulan tilted her head and thought for a moment, then reluctantly jumped off me and stood aside.

At this time, Li Xian had already taken the lead in walking in front of me and Princess Changle, and Princess Changle stepped forward and saluted: "Sixth brother is fine, don't you know that the father and the queen mother can be Kangtai?" ”

Li Xian looked at Princess Changle carefully, and said with a smile: "My father and the queen mother are in good health, but they are very concerned about you, and you are bold enough. ”

Princess Changle had a red cloud on her face, and she didn't pay attention to the sixth brother who teased her, and stepped forward to salute King Qing, King Qing and Princess Changle had barely met a few times, and the family affection was weak, although they greeted each other, it was just a courtesy. However, for the Lin Bi sisters, Princess Changle was very enthusiastic, she stepped forward and said with a smile: "Changle has heard of His Royal Highness's reputation for a long time, and I heard that His Royal Highness is guarding Daizhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, and his military exploits are outstanding, and he is a hero among women. ”

Lin Bi also returned the salute and said: "The princess is too modest, Bi Yi has long heard of His Royal Highness's chivalrous bones and ice heart, Mr. Meng Jiang invited him to Jinghai Villa, it is Bi's honor to be able to see the virtuous couple at a glance, and he came in a hurry, and he did not prepare a congratulatory gift to Ling Lang, which was rude, but Her Royal Highness the princess and Mr. Jiang are not secular people, so they must not be surprised." ”

Princess Changle hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness doesn't have to be polite, Princess Bi is willing to come, it is already the luck of Suiyun and Li Zhen." At this time, Princess Changle saw Lin Tong standing behind Lin Bi, yawning, her apricot eyes were hazy, and she seemed to be a little sleepy. Then he said: "Is the county lord a little tired?" If you don't dislike it, Li Zhen can arrange for the county lord to take a nap. ”

Lin Tong nodded awkwardly, she didn't sleep well last night, she was bent on meeting the legendary couple, and after seeing the two, as soon as the excitement passed, sleepiness surged up.

Princess Changle smiled slightly and said, "Little Sixth Son, you wait for the county lord to go and rest first, and then invite the county lord to come over when the banquet is held at noon." ”

The sly young man walked over and stretched out his hand to greet the guest. Lin Tong is no better than Lin Bi, he has been growing up in Daizhou, there are no eunuchs in the General's Mansion, and he has hardly been to the Northern Han Palace, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Princess Changle let a young man come to accompany him. Lin Bi and Princess Changle looked at each other and smiled, understanding that she was ignorant for a while. Princess Changle chuckled and said: "Xiao Liuzi is the inner servant given by the queen mother of this palace, and he is the most smart and clever, if the county lord has any requirements, just ask him." Lin Tong then understood, smiled, and knew that this little sixth son was a eunuch brought out by Princess Changle from the Dayong Palace, so he bowed to Princess Changle and Lin Bi and said goodbye.

Although Lin Bi had been talking to Princess Changle, the rest of her eyes had always been attentive to Jiang Zhe, after all, that was the person she cared about the most.

When I stepped forward to greet the two brothers-in-law, my heart was full of embarrassment, I only felt that Changle eloped with me was just a matter between the two of us, after all, neither of us owed Dayong anything, but today I saw King Qi and King Qing, it was obvious that they should have asked for me, but I felt uncomfortable all over my body, and I completely lost my usual chic and comfortable mentality. Accompanied by caution, he stepped forward and bowed, and said, "It is an honor for the two Highnesses to come to Jinghai Villa. ”

King Qing showed a gentle smile, and said politely: "I have heard Suiyun for a long time, this king has long wanted to see him, but it's a pity that Suiyun you follow the yellow crane, making it difficult for this king to find a fairy, and now you and Changle have been married, and after returning to Beijing, you will be the identity of the captain of the horse, can you no longer follow the trip to Fan Liziling, this king still wants to teach you the ability to stabilize the country?" ”

I smiled slightly, and said in my heart, there are naturally people who can do it in Anbang Dingguo, and it is not that I have to, this His Royal Highness King Qing is a little too cheesy, but because of his identity, I still said politely: "Your Highness's teachings, Zhe Ming in my heart." ”

King Qi smiled strangely beside him: "Okay, you Jiang Zhe, I see you gentle and elegant on weekdays, and a mouth is a courtesy, but now I have kidnapped Changle, and even my son is there, this king doesn't know whether to give you a punch first, teach you a lesson for your father and the queen mother, or thank you first for making Changle radiant, and there is no more bitterness and bitterness in the past." ”

I smiled and looked at Xiao Shunzi, who stood silently behind King Qi as soon as I heard King Qi say "give you a punch", and said: "Your Highness spares your life, although Zhe's body is now recovered, but if His Highness is full of heavy punches, I am afraid that Zhe's life will be gone, although His Highness does not have to worry about my life, but if someone retaliates, I am afraid that His Highness will suffer." ”

Li Xian felt the slightest coolness behind him, and hurriedly said: "Just kidding, just kidding, okay, the sea breeze outside is too strong, let's go see my little nephew, I don't know if it's like you or like Changle?" ”

I saw that Li Xian was soft, so I also took the opportunity to step down, and said: "Zhe arranged refreshments in Tingtao Pavilion, where the scenery is quiet, you can watch the tide of the sea, enjoy the sunset, and the child's ceremony of catching the week is also held there, the time is set at noon, and now there is still an hour of time, so please go to Tingtao Pavilion to taste tea and watch the sea?" ”

At this time, Lin Bi had already followed Princess Changle to my side, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Qing and His Royal Highness King Qi are Mr. Jiang's in-laws. ”

My eyes fell on Lin Bi's body, this Princess Jiaping, as the niece and righteous daughter of the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Lin family, who has guarded Daizhou against the barbarians for generations, has a very lofty status in the Northern Han Dynasty, as the core leader of the contemporary Lin family, and has the noble status of a princess, coupled with the marriage contract with Long Tingfei, this woman is an important person related to whether Dayong can include the Northern Han Dynasty in the territory, so I will invite her to come here, this opportunity to meet, she will cherish it as much as I do, and can have the opportunity to study her enemies at such a close distance, This is not a common opportunity, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet Long Tingfei first.

It was only then that Jiang Haitao had the opportunity to bring the bride to visit, and I smiled and said, "Although you are my disciple, but today you are a guest, let's go over together, Duan Niang, you lead the young lady to meet the master." At this time, the middle-aged beautiful woman stepped forward to promise, Li Xian had an excellent memory, and immediately recognized this woman as Shang Yi of the Cuiluan Palace where Princess Changle lived in the past, remembering that her surname was Zhou, and Duan Niang was probably her name. Before Yue Qingyan came, she had already learned that the grandfather she was going to meet was the doctor Saint Sanchen, whether she could regain her vitality or not depends on the person's medical skills, and she couldn't help but be very nervous. The middle-aged woman seemed to notice her nervousness, took her arm lightly, and led her towards the villa. Although Yue Qingyan was nervous in his heart, he couldn't help but look at Jinghai Villa with the rest of his eyes, after all, the owner here was Jiang Zhe who single-handedly turned the tide. I can't help but feel more admiration in my heart. Yue's family in Nanmin can be said to be a hegemon, but also the inheritance of more than ten generations of the family, naturally the house is continuous, magnificent, Yue Qingyan is quite good at palace layout, now she supplies the eyes of the connoisseurs, only to see everywhere the houses are scattered, pavilions and pavilions, flowers and trees are sparse, elegant and beautiful, Xue Luo vines, verdant and lovely, people walk in the meantime, only feel relaxed and happy, no place does not move people. In microcosm, the owner here is truly extraordinary.

Everyone followed Jiang Zhe and his wife along the paved bluestone path to the top of the mountain, on the vast and flat mountaintop, a two-story hexagonal pavilion with Feidan eaves alone occupies this side of the quiet, left behind and independent, lonely and hidden. This is Tingtao Pavilion.

Tingtao Pavilion is the highest pavilion of Jinghai Villa, there are no trees and buildings that can block the view within a hundred zhang around, the appearance of Tingtao Pavilion is beautiful and solemn, and brass wind chimes are hung in each corner. A sea breeze blows, and the wind chimes tinkle, all carefully designed in their form and position, each with its own subtle differences, so that they mix together to sound like a heavenly sound.

Li Xian's eyes fell on a blue-shirted young man standing at the door of the pavilion, this person was handsome, with a fair complexion, he recognized this person, it was Dong Que, the guard next to Jiang Zhe, but he hadn't seen him for more than two years, although the outline was the same, but his appearance seemed to have many subtle changes, and Li Xian almost couldn't recognize him. Li Xian always had some doubts about this person, although he had seen him by Jiang Zhe's side a few years ago, but he always avoided himself intentionally or unintentionally, Li Xian also suspected that this person was a little weird, but he was busy with military affairs, and he was too lazy to bother thinking about it, and when he saw him again today, Li Xian only had a vague thought flashing in his heart, so he stopped paying attention.

Dong Que stepped forward to report: "Son, everything in the cabinet has been prepared. ”

I nodded with satisfaction, this Dong Que has taken care of Jinghai Villa properly in recent years, this manager is not in vain, Xiao Shunzi now almost doesn't care about anything except the things around me. Took everyone to Tingtao Pavilion, because there are distinguished guests outside today, so almost none of my own subordinates appeared, only Thief Li and Chi Ji also followed everyone to Tingtao Pavilion, and Thief Li also returned, as the young master of the Hai Clan, he was naturally qualified to sit down, but Chi Ji came as my old servant, and such an identity could not enter the Pavilion originally, but King Qi brought him as an attendant to Tingtao Pavilion. Therefore, in addition to the people of Jinghai Villa, there were eight guests on Tingtao Pavilion: Li Xian, King of Qi, Li Kang, King of Qing, Lin Bi, Princess of Jiaping, Gou Lian, Hai Wuya, Hai Li, Jiang Haitao and Chi Ji. Although the flower hall on the second floor of Tingtao Pavilion is very wide, when there is a large wooden table in the middle, the scope of activities is much smaller, so all the VIPs prefer to watch the sea by the railing.

The field of vision here is very broad, standing in the pavilion can overlook the scenery inside and outside the bay, the inner side of the bay is calm, the blue waves are like a mirror, the outer policy of the bay is the cliff such as cutting, the waves are turbulent, this one can see the two faces of the blue sea at the same time, it is really a good pavilion to watch the sea.

However, in Lin Bi's heart, he thought that this Tingtao Pavilion could have an unobstructed view of the Jinghai Villa, and if there was a strong martial arts figure here, then the entire villa could be protected.

At this time, Dong Que took the servants and servants to send refreshments, fragrant tea with delicate pastries, the faint aroma immediately filled the entire pavilion, I gave a salute to Lin Bi, and said: "The princess Feng is here, Zhe is not grateful, Neiko loves cooking, and the refreshments prepared in the Tingtao Pavilion are prepared by Neizi himself, and the princess is invited to taste." ”

Lin Bi thanked him with a smile and said: "Mr. Jiang lives in such a fairyland, and has Princess Changle to accompany him, such a day is really enviable, no wonder Mr. is unwilling to pay attention to worldly things, in fact, Bi is really envious of Mr., away from war and killing, not everyone has such a blessing, prosperous, rich and cloudy, it is really admired in Bi's heart, if I were Mr., I would never leave such a life and re-enter the world." ”

I smiled happily and said, "Your Highness has forgotten one thing, the so-called having a son is enough, and now that I have both children and daughters, I don't want to give up this kind of life easily." ”

Li Xian's face changed color when he heard this, the purpose of his coming here was to invite Jiang Zhe out of the East China Sea, but when Lin Bi said this, he was clearly secretly warning Jiang Zhe not to intervene in the dispute between Dayong and the Northern Han Dynasty, and Jiang Zhe also seemed to vaguely show his reluctance to break away from such a life, although it was impossible for Jiang Zhe to get rid of Dayong, but he also knew that Jiang Zhe seemed to be very fond of this kind of life, if Jiang Zhe refused to go out of the mountain, even Li Zhen could not force him too much. Thinking like this, Li Xian couldn't help but feel even more distressed, Jiang Zhe specially invited himself over, wouldn't it be to refuse his request?